Improved thill-tug



' UNITED kSTATES niet@ FFIGE@ THOMAS NEELEY AND CHARLES BISHOP, OF-TIFFIN, OHIO.

IMPROVED THILL-Tuc. l

Specification forming part of LettersPatent No. 60,655., dated October24, 1865.

proved thill-tug. Fig. 2 is a sectional View,

showing the modeof applying the tug-strap to the metal eye. Fig. 3 isansectioitliibrough the Yeye without the tug-strap. Fig. 4 is anexternal edge view of the eye.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding part-s in theseveralfigures. l

The object of this invention is to strengthen and to render moreVdurable the tug-straps, which are used upon harness for supporting thethills of vehicles by combining metallic thimbles with leathertug-straps in such man# `ner that the thimbles shall receive the thillsand protect those portions ofthe straps which surround the thills. fromwear, as will be hereinafter described.

'To enable others skilled in the art to linderstand our invention, wewill describe itscon-l struction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the leather' tug-strap, andBis'the metallic thimble through-which a thill passes.

l rllhis thinible or eye is formed of such shape` inside 'as will bestadapt it vto receive the thiIP,

'and'on each side of its exterior surface is al tiange,.a, whichangesreceive between them that portion of the lea-theritug-strap A,whicheneircles theeye: as showt; in Figs. 1 and 2.

1n' making the` eye Batting, b, is formed on it, which tang hasv aholethrough it to receive a rivet, c, that unites the two portions of thestrap Atogether,and prevents the eye B from lany possibility of turningin the loop of the strap.

. At .the opposite end of theeye B a notch, e.'

is formed to receivethetongue-bar of a buckle, C, which is used toattach the tug to the harness. lhis buckle C is secured to the eye B inthe act ofsecuring the strap A to it,so that the tongue-bar will bebetween that portion of the strap which passes around the eye B and theouter surface of this eye.

lu conjunction with the tang b and its rivet c another rivet at e isused for securing the loop of thestrap A; to the m'etai-lic eye;and

, if desirable stillanother rivctmay be used at i.

It will be seen that the ,two rivets e' and i will prevent the loop ofthe strap A from stretching when a strain comes upon the buckle C, andconsequently they will prevent the tongue-bar ofthe buckle fromslippingloutv of its notch in the eye B.-

If desirable, ajloop may belo'rined on that Vside of the tug-eye whichcornes next the horse' for receiving a strap, which mayheused 4 for thepurpose of holding' back, thus.y combining' the two features of holdingupzthethills' and holding back .theauinial iu 'one device.

Having thus described'our invention, lwhat we claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Applying a tugstrap toa metallic eye, B,

L by passinga portion of the strap around said eye, substantially asdescribed.

2. A metal-lic'tugf-eye which is constructed with fauges a wand a tang,b, substantiallyy THOMAS NEELEY.V CHARLES; BISHOP.

as described. V.

Witnesses: I. K. Henn,

H. NOBLE.

